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ored there for three years (19-19). While 1 as there ‫ ﺍ‬dug in Demar and

taled a lot about Bahrain. t as obious that all these burial mounds here in

Bahrain means Bahrain had been an imortant lace archaeologically and it had

hardly any or had been done here at all. Some of the burial nmounds had been dug

so suggested that e send an eedition don to Bahrain from Denmar. But e

had a difficulty in money and e ere ery fortune because of the ruler of Bahrain

The Late Shaih Saiman bin Hamad A1 halifa as interested in our or and he

gae us the first financial suort, to come here and dig. After that the Bahrain

Petroleum Comany also gae us money so e had enough for to eole to come

to Bahrain and to see hat as in Bahrain. The second man as the head of the

Museum Pro.f Peter Globe (he is dead no). He as the first archaeologist isited

Barhain and then me. He and came don to see hat as in Bahrain besides the

burial mounds, We no that some of them had been dug and ery little had been

found out about them but e belieed that some ere in Bahrain there are other

things beside the burial mounds e belieed that the burial mounds ere the burial

laces for eole lied in Bahrain and there must be tons, so e come here to loo

for laces eole lied and ere buried in the burial mounds.

n the first year hen e ere here from the end of 19 until May 194, e
looed almost eery here on the lsland ere e found arious laces. We dug first
in (Umm sojour in Dura,) and hile e ere digging there Prof. Globe found the
big mound hich coered the Barbar temle Prof. Globe as also ondering around
[ooing for other laces and there he realied of course the imortance of Oalat al

ahrain, site. He realied that Fort as standing on to of a big large area that must
be a settlement, and e dug into that settlement, e found big alls, and ery big
buildings, stone built buildings e realied that e ere digging ery imortant ciyt
site and that as the beginning.

A : So in hich year you started

B : n the beginning of 194. Only a ery small hole but ery dee and e found
ery big alls that as just to the south of Oalat A Bahrain. We ne then e had
to go on digging because e had found big ciyt.

A : Where did you stay at that time

B : hTe first year e ere liing in a house in Manama, a house belongs to the
ertoleum comany. hTey heled us ery much they gae us a house to lie in, and
e ored rfom there for to years then after that e felt e better moe out to
here e ere doing most of our or at the Oalat A1 Bahrain. And e built a
cam, a barasit cam in 196. That as because it as ery close to ecaations. t
as less eensie as ell, At that time e could not get a house of the Oil conmany
any more, bceause they needed the house. We did not hae enoughi money so built
our on cam and there e built it for us. We had come out in january uto Air

ahtt year.

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